Kimmel was quick to draw parallels with the security apparatus of US presidents. “Don’t they have secret service there protecting the children of prime ministers?” He asked.

When Perry replied no, Kimmel continued: “That would never happen to Barron Trump, you would be in the stockade right now, you would be in Russia somewhere.”

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Born in the US, Perry moved to Ottawa with his mother as a young child. She ended up working for the Liberal party, eventually becoming press secretary to Pierre Trudeau while he was prime minister.

Perry and Trudeau both attended Rockcliffe Park elementary, a public school located in one of Ottawa’s wealthiest neighbourhoods and frequented by the children of ambassadors and politicians.

On Wednesday, Perry said he had never spoken to Trudeau about the fight. “But I think I was rather instrumental in him going to such great heights and becoming the prime minister,” he joked. “I think he said, you know, ‘I’m going to rise above this and I’m going to become prime minister.’”